--- Tournaments & matches combined ---
Games

Event	Games
Tournaments	727
Matches incl. tournament playoffs	888

Most active players

Player	Games
Korchnoi, V.	251
Spassky, B.	168
Petrosian, T.	166
Smyslov, V.	153
Keres, P.	137
Tal, M.	126
Portisch, L.	117
Geller, E.	113
Timman, J.	112
Karpov, An	103

Individual results

Most successful

Player	W	+W-L=D	B	+W-L=D	Score	Games	Pct
Kamsky, G.	W	+6-2=4	B	+5-1=6	16.0	24	66.67%
Kasparov, G.	W	+7-1=10	B	+5-1=9	21.5	33	65.15%
Ivanchuk, V.	W	+4-1=3	B	+2-2=3	9.0	15	60.00%
Karpov, An	W	+21-2=27	B	+9-8=36	61.5	103	59.71%
Fischer, R.	W	+21-11=6	B	+12-8=18	45.0	76	59.21%
Keres, P.	W	+17-12=39	B	+25-8=36	79.5	137	58.03%
Bronstein, D.	W	+15-3=21	B	+6-6=27	45.0	78	57.69%
Spassky, B.	W	+26-12=45	B	+18-13=54	93.5	168	55.65%
Speelman, J.	W	+5-4=6	B	+3-1=9	15.5	28	55.36%
Short, N.	W	+13-3=17	B	+8-11=14	36.5	66	55.30%

Most active

Player	W	+W-L=D	B	+W-L=D	Score	Games	Pct
Karpov, An	W	+21-2=27	B	+9-8=36	61.5	103	59.71%
Keres, P.	W	+17-12=39	B	+25-8=36	79.5	137	58.03%
Spassky, B.	W	+26-12=45	B	+18-13=54	93.5	168	55.65%
Smyslov, V.	W	+21-7=49	B	+15-16=45	83.0	153	54.25%
Korchnoi, V.	W	+35-18=72	B	+23-26=75	131.5	251	52.39%
Tal, M.	W	+21-14=28	B	+14-15=34	66.0	126	52.38%
Petrosian, T.	W	+19-7=56	B	+12-18=54	86.0	166	51.81%
Geller, E.	W	+15-9=33	B	+12-15=29	58.0	113	51.33%
Timman, J.	W	+15-10=32	B	+10-14=31	56.5	112	50.45%
Portisch, L.	W	+14-8=34	B	+5-21=35	53.5	117	45.73%

Keres results were significantly better with Black than with White.

--- Tournaments ---
Events

Year	Site	Players	Games	Xtbl
1950	Budapest	10	90	Xtbl
1953	Zurich	15	210	Xtbl
1956	Amsterdam	10	90	Xtbl
1959	Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade	8	112	Xtbl
1962	Curacao	8	105	Xtbl
1985	Montpellier	16	120	Xtbl

Most active players

Player	Events	Games
Keres, P.	5	119
Smyslov, V.	5	107
Petrosian, T.	4	101
Geller, E.	3	73
Bronstein, D.	3	64
Szabo, L.	3	64
Tal, M.	3	64

38 players

Individual results

Most successful

Player	W	+W-L=D	B	+W-L=D	Score	Games	Pct
Jussupow, A.	W	+3-1=3	B	+1-0=7	9.0	15	60.00%
Vaganian, R.	W	+1-1=5	B	+4-1=3	9.0	15	60.00%
Sokolov, An	W	+4-2=2	B	+1-0=6	9.0	15	60.00%
Keres, P.	W	+15-9=35	B	+23-6=31	71.0	119	59.66%
Bronstein, D.	W	+13-2=17	B	+5-5=22	37.5	64	58.59%
[...]
Fischer, R.	W	+12-11=4	B	+4-7=17	26.5	55	48.18%
[...]
Olafsson, F.	W	+3-6=5	B	+3-8=3	10.0	28	35.71%
Stahlberg, G.	W	+2-10=11	B	+3-9=11	16.0	46	34.78%
Filip, M.	W	+3-10=10	B	+3-11=8	15.0	45	33.33%
Spraggett, K.	W	+1-5=2	B	+1-2=4	5.0	15	33.33%
Pilnik, H.	W	+1-1=7	B	+0-8=1	5.0	18	27.78%

Notes:- Players with 15 games played only at Montpellier. Contrast Fischer's overall result with matches (below).

Most active

Player	W	+W-L=D	B	+W-L=D	Score	Games	Pct
Keres, P.	W	+15-9=35	B	+23-6=31	71.0	119	59.66%
Bronstein, D.	W	+13-2=17	B	+5-5=22	37.5	64	58.59%
Smyslov, V.	W	+17-5=32	B	+15-9=29	62.5	107	58.41%
Geller, E.	W	+11-7=19	B	+11-5=20	41.5	73	56.85%
Petrosian, T.	W	+12-4=35	B	+11-7=32	56.5	101	55.94%
Tal, M.	W	+12-8=11	B	+10-7=16	35.5	64	55.47%
Szabo, L.	W	+6-7=19	B	+5-9=18	29.5	64	46.09%

--- Matches ---
Events

Playoffs

Year	Site	Games	Xtbl
1950	Moscow	14	Xtbl
1962	Moscow	8	Xtbl
1985	Montpellier	6	Xtbl

Knockout matches

Year	No.Matches	Games	Xtbl
1965	7	63	Xtbl
1968	7	63	Xtbl
1971	7	55	Xtbl
1974	7	80	Xtbl
1977	7	96	Xtbl
1980	7	76	Xtbl
1983/84	7	77	Xtbl
1986/87	4	42	Xtbl
1988/90	14	97	Xtbl
1991/93	14	126	Xtbl
1994/95	11	85	Xtbl

The longest matches

Year	Site	Event	Games
1974	Moscow	(Final)	24
1977	Belgrade	(Final)	18
1977	Reykjavik	(Quarterfinal)	16
1977	Geneva	(Semifinal)	15
1950	Moscow	(Playoff)	14
1980	Xalapa/Mexico City	(Quarterfinal)	14
1980	Buenos Aires	(Semifinal)	14
1983/84	Velden	(Quarterfinal)	14
1986/87	Riga	(Semifinal)	14

53 players

Most active players

Player	Games
Korchnoi, V.	209
Spassky, B.	135
Karpov, An	103
Portisch, L.	102
Timman, J.	97
Jussupow, A.	84
Petrosian, T.	65
Tal, M.	62
Larsen, B.	61
Huebner, R.	59

Most events

Player	Events
Korchnoi, V.	19
Spassky, B.	12
Timman, J.	12
Karpov, An	10
Portisch, L.	10

Individual results

95 different matches; 84 different pairs of players.

The great rivalries

Player	Opp	Games
Korchnoi, V.	Petrosian, T.	36
Portisch, L.	Spassky, B.	29
Korchnoi, V.	Spassky, B.	28
Korchnoi, V.	Polugaevsky, L.	27
Karpov, An	Korchnoi, V.	24
Larsen, B.	Portisch, L.	20
Jussupow, A.	Timman, J.	19

Most successful

Player	W	+W-L=D	B	+W-L=D	Score	Games	Pct
Fischer, R.	W	+9-0=2	B	+8-1=1	18.5	21	88.10%
Kamsky, G.	W	+6-2=4	B	+5-1=6	16.0	24	66.67%
Kasparov, G.	W	+7-1=10	B	+5-1=9	21.5	33	65.15%
Ivanchuk, V.	W	+4-1=3	B	+2-2=3	9.0	15	60.00%
Karpov, An	W	+21-2=27	B	+9-8=36	61.5	103	59.71%
Short, N.	W	+11-3=11	B	+8-8=10	29.5	51	57.84%
Spassky, B.	W	+23-10=34	B	+14-10=44	76.0	135	56.30%
Speelman, J.	W	+5-4=6	B	+3-1=9	15.5	28	55.36%
Bronstein, D.	W	+2-1=4	B	+1-1=5	7.5	14	53.57%
Korchnoi, V.	W	+33-12=60	B	+16-21=65	111.5	209	53.35%

Bronstein's results are from the 1950 playoff match.

Most active

Player	W	+W-L=D	B	+W-L=D	Score	Games	Pct
Karpov, An	W	+21-2=27	B	+9-8=36	61.5	103	59.71%
Spassky, B.	W	+23-10=34	B	+14-10=44	76.0	135	56.30%
Korchnoi, V.	W	+33-12=60	B	+16-21=65	111.5	209	53.35%
Jussupow, A.	W	+14-4=24	B	+7-15=20	43.0	84	51.19%
Timman, J.	W	+13-9=28	B	+8-13=26	48.0	97	49.48%
Tal, M.	W	+9-6=17	B	+4-8=18	30.5	62	49.19%
Huebner, R.	W	+5-2=22	B	+2-6=20	28.0	59	47.46%
Portisch, L.	W	+12-6=31	B	+4-19=30	46.5	102	45.59%
Petrosian, T.	W	+7-3=21	B	+1-11=22	29.5	65	45.38%
Larsen, B.	W	+10-7=14	B	+6-16=8	27.0	61	44.26%

Index of statistics

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